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EAZA Breeding Programme Overview July 2017 Programme IUCN Red List Status Common name Scientific name EAZA Member Programme coordinator type (July 2017) Partula snail Partula sspp. EEP LONDON Paul Pearce‐Kelly CR Fregate Island beetle Polposipus herculeanus EEP BRISTOL Mark Bushell CR Gooty sapphire ornamental spider Poecilotheria metallica ESB BRISTOL Mark Bushell CR Lord Howe Island stick insect Dryococelus australis EEP BRISTOL Mark Bushell CR Desertas wolf spider Hognas ingens EEP BRISTOL Mark Bushell DD Horned shark Heterodontus francisci ESB AMSTERDAM Pending DD Zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum ESB GENOVA Silvia Lavorano VU Sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus ESB GENOVA Laura Castellano VU Blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus ESB CHESSINGTON Chris Brown NT Sawfish Pristis zijsron and Pristin microdon ESB VALENCIA‐OCEA Kate Duke CR Blue spotted maskray Neotrygon kuhlii ESB WIEN‐AQUA Daniel Abed‐Navandi DD Blue spotted stingray Taeniura lymma ESB LISBOA‐OCEA Nuria Baylina NT Spotted eagle ray Aetobatus ocellatus ESB ARNHEM Max Janse NT Mountain chicken frog Leptodactylus fallax EEP CHESTER Gerardo Garcia CR Lemur leaf frog Agalychnis lemur ESB BRISTOL Tim Skelton CR Black‐eyed leaf frog Agalychnis moreletii ESB CHESTER Ben Baker CR Lake Patzcuaro salamander Ambystoma dumerilii EEP CHESTER Gerardo Garcia CR Spider tortoise Pyxis arachnoides ESB Vacant CR Egyptian tortoise Testudo kleinmanni EEP Vacant CR Galapagos giant tortoise Geochelone nigra ESB ZURICH Samuel Furrer VU Radiated tortoise Geochelone radiata ESB ESKILSTUNA Linn Lagerstrom CR Ploughshare tortoise Geochelone yniphora EEP JERSEY Matthias Goetz CR Pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri ESB BRISTOL Tim Skelton VU Roti Island snake‐necked turtle Chelodina mccordi ESB HUNNEBOSTRAND Jimmy Helgesson CR European pond turtle Emys orbicularis ESB ST CROIX Jan Vermeer NT Spiny hill turtle Heosemys spinosa ESB LISBOA‐ZOO Telma Araujo EN Giant Asian pond turtle Heosemys grandis ESB PRAHA Ivan Rehak VU Malayan box turtle Cuora amboinensis ESB Vacant VU Black marsh turtle Siebenrockiella crassicollis ESB Vacant VU Malaysian giant turtle Orlitia borneensis ESB PRAHA Ivan Rehak VU Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis EEP NEUNKIRCHEN Norbert Fritsch CR Siamese crocodile Crocodylus siamensis ESB JIHLAVA Jan Vasak CR Cuban crocodile Crocodylus rhombifer ESB PAIGNTON Mark Dainty CR Philippine crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis ESB KOLN Thomas Ziegler CR African dwarf crocodile Osteolaemus tetraspis ESB LEIPZIG Fabian Schmidt VU Tomistoma Tomistoma schlegelii ESB FUENGIROLA Jesús Recuero VU Yellow‐headed day gecko Phelsuma klemmeri ESB BRISTOL Tim Skelton EN Turquoise dwarf gecko Lygodactylus williamsi ESB PAIGNTON Luke Harding CR Gila monster Heloderma suspectum EEP RANDERS Anne Rikke Winther Lassen NT Mexican beaded lizard Heloderma horridum EEP RANDERS Anne Rikke Winther Lassen LC Fiji banded iguana Brachylophus bulabula and B. fasciatus ESB WIEN‐ZOO Anton Weissenbacher EN 1 of 10 EAZA Breeding Programme Overview July 2017 Programme IUCN Red List Status Common name Scientific name EAZA Member Programme coordinator type (July 2017) Rhinoceros iguana Cyclura cornuta ESB FRANKFURT Thomas Tikatsch VU Lesser Antillean iguana Iguana delicatissima ESB JERSEY Matthias Goetz EN Utila spiny‐tailed iguana Ctenosaura bakeri ESB Vacant CR Komodo dragon Varanus komodoensis EEP CHESTER Gerardo Garcia VU Green tree monitor Varanus prasinus ESB DUSSELDORF Sandra Honigs NE Savu Island python Liasis savuensis ESB Vacant NE Cuban boa Epicrates angulifer ESB PRAHA Ivan Rehak NT Jamaican boa Epicrates subflavus EEP TOURNAI Christopher Remy VU Madagascar tree boa Sanzinia madagascariensis ESB WARSZAWA Olga Pofelska LC San Francisco garter snake Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia ESB LODZ Wlodek Stanislawski LC Mangshan pit viper Protobothrops mangshanensis ESB STUTTGART Michel Ansermet EN North African ostrich Struthio camelus camelus EEP HANNOVER Maren Frerking LC Lesser rhea Pterocnemia pennata ESB PAIGNTON Peter Smallbones NT Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius ESB ALPHEN Joost Lammers VU African penguin Spheniscus demersus EEP AMSTERDAM Pending EN Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti EEP WOBURN Laura Ashton VU Northern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi EEP WIEN‐ZOO Harald Schwammer EN Southern Rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chrysocome EEP WIEN‐ZOO Harald Schwammer VU Gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua ESB EDINBURGH Jo Elliott LC Goliath heron Ardea goliath ESB HILVARENBEEK Rob van Glabbeek LC Hamerkop Scopus umbretta ESB MALTON Ross Snipp LC Yellow‐billed stork Mycteria ibis ESB ZLIN Roman Horsky LC Oriental white stork Ciconia boyciana EEP WALSRODE Cathy King EN Black stork Ciconia nigra ESB WARSZAWA Ryszard Topola LC Abdim's stork Ciconia abdimii ESB LONDON Zuzana Matyasova LC Saddle‐billed stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ESB VILLARS‐DOMBES Pending LC Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus ESB WALSRODE Cathy King LC Lesser adjutant stork Leptoptilos javanicus ESB PAIGNTON Jo Gregson VU Waldrapp ibis Geronticus eremita EEP INNSBRUCK Christiane Boehm CR Puna ibis Plegadis ridgwayi ESB KERKRADE Tjerk ter Meulen LC Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus EEP POZNAN Piotr Cwiertnia VU Pink‐backed pelican Pelecanus rufescens ESB WARMINSTER Georgina Barnes LC Little pied cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos ESB BERLIN‐TIERPARK Martin Kaiser LC Meller's duck Anas melleri EEP JERSEY Harriet Whitford EN Baer’s pochard Aythya baeri ESB PAIGNTON Peter Smallbones CR White‐winged wood duck Asarcornis scutulata ESB EAZA William van Lint EN Scaly‐sided merganser Mergus squamatus ESB BLACKPOOL Johnpaul Houston EN King vulture Sarcorhamphus papa ESB LOUROSA Andreia Pinto LC Andean condor Vultur gryphus EEP DOUE‐FONTAINE Rudy Wedlarski NT Secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius ESB WARMINSTER Graeme Dick VU Imperial eagle Aquila heliaca ESB LIBEREC Jan Hanel VU 2 of 10 EAZA Breeding Programme Overview July 2017 Programme IUCN Red List Status Common name Scientific name EAZA Member Programme coordinator type (July 2017) White‐tailed sea eagle Haliaeetus albicilla EEP POZNAN Piotr Cwiertnia LC Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus ESB MOSKVA Lubov Kurilovich VU Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus EEP WIEN‐UNI_NE Hans Frey NT Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus EEP PRAHA Antonin Vaidl EN Ruppell’s vulture Gyps rueppellii EEP ROMA Yitzhak Yadid CR Eurasian griffon vulture Gyps fulvus ESB JEREZ‐FRONTERA Inigo Sanchez LC European black vulture Aegypius monachus EEP MECHELEN Marleen Huyghe NT White‐headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis EEP ALPHEN Joost Lammers CR Lappet‐faced vulture Torgos tracheliotus EEP SHARJAH Gerard Whitehouse‐Tedd EN Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni EEP JEREZ‐FRONTERA Inigo Sanchez LC Horned guan Oreaphasus derbianus EEP WALSRODE Pending EN Red‐billed curassow Crax blumenbachii EEP ZUTENDAAL Geer Scheres EN Cabot's tragopan Tragopan caboti ESB Vacant VU Edwards's pheasant Lophura edwardsi EEP PRAHA Tomas Kapic CR Malayan crestless fireback Lophura e. erythropthalma ESB Vacant VU Palawan peacock pheasant Polyplectron napoleonis EEP JERSEY David Jeggo VU Mountain peacock pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum ESB AYLESBURY Gavin Harrison VU Malay peacock pheasant Polyplectron malacense ESB AYLESBURY Gavin Harrison VU Great argus pheasant Argusianus argus ESB PAIGNTON Chaz Barr NT Congo peafowl Afropavo congensis EEP ANTWERPEN Steven Vansteenkiste VU West African crowned crane Balearica pavonina ESB BANHAM Mike Woolham VU Red‐crowned crane Grus japonensis EEP WALSRODE Rob Belterman EN Siberian crane Grus leucogeranus EEP WALSRODE Rob Belterman CR Hooded crane Grus monacha ESB ZUTENDAAL Geer Scheres VU White‐naped crane Grus vipio EEP LEIPZIG Ruben Holland VU Wattled Crane Bugeranus carunculatus ESB KOLN Bernd Marcordes VU Blue crane Anthropoides paradisea ESB WARSZAWA Ryszard Topola VU Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus EEP ZUTENDAAL Luud Geerlings EN Sunbittern Eurypyga helias ESB FRANKFURT Stefan Stadler LC Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica ESB COPENHAGEN Flemming Nielsen VU Inca tern Larosterna inca ESB TORQUAY Amy Fitzgerald NT Mauritius pink pigeon Nesoenas mayeri EEP JERSEY Harriet Whitford EN Socorro dove Zenaida graysoni EEP FRANKFURT Stefan Stadler EW Luzon bleeding heart pigeon Gallicolumba luzonica ESB BRISTOL Richard Switzer NT Mindanao bleeding heart pigeon Gallicolumba criniger ESB BRISTOL‐PLACE Nigel Simpson VU White‐naped pheasant pigeon Otidiphaps aruensis ESB BARCELONA Miguel Sierra LC Blue crowned pigeon Goura cristata ESB Vacant VU Victoria crowned pigeon Goura victoria ESB CALVIAC Mylene Sannier VU Scheepmaker's crowned pigeon Goura scheepmakeri ESB KRISTIANSAND Helene Axelsen VU Black‐naped fruit dove Ptilinopus melanospilus ESB BRISTOL Kate Atwell LC Red‐vented cockatoo Cacatua haematuropygia EEP BEAUVAL Laure Pelletier CR 3 of 10 EAZA Breeding Programme Overview July 2017 Programme IUCN Red List Status Common name Scientific name EAZA Member Programme coordinator type (July 2017) Moluccan cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis EEP DUBLIN Sandra Molloy VU Citron‐crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata EEP DUBLIN Sandra Molloy CR Palm cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus EEP BEAUVAL Eric Bairrão Ruivo LC Red‐and‐blue lory Eos histrio ESB PUERTO‐CRUZ Pending EN Purple‐naped lory Lorius domicellus ESB KOLN Bernd Marcordes EN Chattering lory Lorius garrulous ESB ATHINAI Anna Kazazou VU Kea Nestor notabilis ESB BRISTOL‐PLACE Nigel Simpson VU Red‐tailed amazon Amazona brasiliensis EEP PAIGNTON Lesley O Connor VU Ecuadorian amazon Amazona autumnalis lilacina EEP CHESTER Mark Pilgrim LC
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    animals Article Large Lemurs: Ecological, Demographic and Environmental Risk Factors for Weight Gain in Captivity Emma L. Mellor 1,* , Innes C. Cuthill 2, Christoph Schwitzer 3, Georgia J. Mason 4 and Michael Mendl 1 1 Bristol Veterinary School, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK; [email protected] 2 School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Life Sciences Building, 24 Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TQ, UK; [email protected] 3 Dublin Zoo, Phoenix Park, Dublin 8, D08 WF88, Ireland; [email protected] 4 Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Received: 29 June 2020; Accepted: 12 August 2020; Published: 18 August 2020 Simple Summary: Excessive body mass, i.e., being overweight or obese, is a health concern. Some lemur species are prone to extreme weight gain in captivity, yet for others a healthy body condition is typical. The first aim of our study was to examine possible ecological explanations for these species’ differences in susceptibility to captive weight gain across 13 lemur species. Our second aim was to explore demographic and environmental risk factors across individuals from the four best-sampled species. We found a potential ecological explanation for susceptibility to captive weight gain: being adapted to unpredictable wild food resources. Additionally, we also revealed one environmental and four demographic risk factors, e.g., increasing age and, for males, being housed with only fixed climbing structures. Our results indicate targeted practical ways to help address weight issues in affected animals, e.g., by highlighting at-risk species for whom extra care should be taken when designing diets; and by providing a mixture of flexible and fixed climbing structures within enclosures.
  • Revision of the Felidae Red List of Threatened Species

    Revision of the Felidae Red List of Threatened Species

    conservation process wherever outside facilitation is considered Signed by important. • The Co-Chairs of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group: We thank the Junta de Andalucía for the hospitality in Andújar. Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten and Urs Breitenmoser; and The Andújar seminar took place in a very open-minded and self- critical spirit, demonstrating the eagerness of all participants to • members present of the Core Group: Sarah Christie, Peter co-operate for the sake of the lynx. We hope that this spirit can be Crawshaw, Rodney Jackson, Thomas McCarthy, Laurie put into conservation action, and that Andújar will be remem- Marker, Michael G. Mills, Dale Miquelle, Kristin Nowell, James bered as the turning point in recovering the Iberian lynx from the Sanderson. brink of extinction. Andújar, Spain, 1 November 2002 Revision of the Felidae Red List of Threatened Species by Kristin Nowell, IUCN/SSC Red List Felidae Authority* he original system of evaluating species sta- rangewide quantitative extinction risk analyses (E) have been tus, in use up to 1994, classified species as carried out (Ferreras et al 2001, Rodriguez et al 2002). I wanted to TExtinct, Endangered, Vulnerable, Rare, Inde- avoid the category Data Deficient, following the new guidelines terminate or Insufficiently Known. These category stating that this category was to be assigned only when data are definitions were largely subjective; for example, the so uncertain that any category of threat is plausible (IUCN 2001: 25). However, for most species quantitative range-wide data is definition of Endangered in 1993 was: “Taxa in dan- lacking for species population size (C) and rate of change (A), the ger of extinction and whose survival is unlikely if the remaining two criteria.